[gadded] It sounded like British vernacular - but it's apparently (Am)English also

[Ken Blake]

I was reading up on Syrian events when I ran across this word: gadded

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-depose-a-dictator
"I hadn't been to Amman since I'd gadded around Syria in my 20s, living in
Beirut in a brief but brilliant moment of post-war optimism."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadded
gad
verb
gadded; gadding
intransitive verb
: to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose - usually used with about

The etymology appears to be obscure
Middle English gadden, of obscure origin

[Sam Plusnet]

Post by Ken Blake
I was reading up on Syrian events when I ran across this word: gadded
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-depose-a-dictator
"I hadn't been to Amman since I'd gadded around Syria in my 20s, living in
Beirut in a brief but brilliant moment of post-war optimism."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadded
gad
verb
gadded; gadding
intransitive verb
: to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose - usually used with about
The etymology appears to be obscure
Middle English gadden, of obscure origin

Reasonably common in BrE informal use.

Possible connection with the Gadfly, but did the fly begat the verb, or
vice versa?

[HVS]

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Ken Blake
I was reading up on Syrian events when I ran across this word: gadded
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-depose-a-dictator
"I hadn't been to Amman since I'd gadded around Syria in my 20s,
living in Beirut in a brief but brilliant moment of post-war
optimism."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadded
gad
verb
gadded; gadding
intransitive verb

Post by Ken Blake
to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose - usually used
with about

The etymology appears to be obscure
Middle English gadden, of obscure origin

Reasonably common in BrE informal use.

Yup, although (as Merriam-Webster notes) I'm familiar with "gad
about" rather than "gad around".

[Janet]

Post by Ken Blake
I was reading up on Syrian events when I ran across this word: gadded
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-depose-a-dictator
"I hadn't been to Amman since I'd gadded around Syria in my 20s, living in
Beirut in a brief but brilliant moment of post-war optimism."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadded
gad
verb
gadded; gadding
intransitive verb
: to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose - usually used with about
The etymology appears to be obscure
Middle English gadden, of obscure origin

Middle English is alive and well thankyou.

ME gadden (?to hurry, to rush about?).

Gad is coomonly known/used in my Br_eng

I used to be a gadabout but don't do as much gadding
these days. Haven't been out on the gad for ages.

Janet

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:24:34 -0000

Post by Janet

Post by Ken Blake
I was reading up on Syrian events when I ran across this word: gadded
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-depose-a-dictator
"I hadn't been to Amman since I'd gadded around Syria in my 20s, living in
Beirut in a brief but brilliant moment of post-war optimism."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadded
gad
verb
gadded; gadding
intransitive verb
: to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose - usually used with about
The etymology appears to be obscure
Middle English gadden, of obscure origin

Middle English is alive and well thankyou.
ME gadden (?to hurry, to rush about?).
Gad is coomonly known/used in my Br_eng
I used to be a gadabout but don't do as much gadding
these days. Haven't been out on the gad for ages.

Egad!

[Sam Plusnet]

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:24:34 -0000

Post by Janet

Post by Ken Blake
I was reading up on Syrian events when I ran across this word: gadded
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-depose-a-dictator
"I hadn't been to Amman since I'd gadded around Syria in my 20s, living in
Beirut in a brief but brilliant moment of post-war optimism."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadded
gad
verb
gadded; gadding
intransitive verb
: to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose - usually used with about
The etymology appears to be obscure
Middle English gadden, of obscure origin

Middle English is alive and well thankyou.
ME gadden (?to hurry, to rush about?).
Gad is coomonly known/used in my Br_eng
I used to be a gadabout but don't do as much gadding
these days. Haven't been out on the gad for ages.

Egad!

Well quite.
We too do our gadding on-line now - far less hassle.